RE: Scrolling dynamic text window with vars

Oh yeah, easy peasy. In my example, I used a TextArea
component, since
it works just like the Output window in Flash.  Just write a
function
that always shows the same variables, i.e.:

//Assumes there is a TextArea component on 
//the stage with instance name "test":

function traceWindow(show:Boolean):Void
{
   test._visible = show;
   if(show)
   {
	//show variables:
	test.text = "nmyVar1: "+myVar1;
	test.text += "nmyVar2: "+myVar2;
	test.text += "nmyVar3: "+myVar3;
	test.text += "nmyVar4: "+myVar4;
	//size and position it:
	test.setSize(300, 600);
	test.move(10, 10);
	//optional: scroll to bottom always
	test.vPosition = test.maxVPosition;
	//always show on top when called:
	test.swapDepths(_level0.getNextHighestDepth());
   }
}

then call traceWindow(true) whenever you want it to show. To
hide it
call traceWindow(false).  Something like that.  Mine took
actual
messages, but you could hard code it for specific variables
like the
above example.

Jason Merrill
Bank of America  
GT&O Learning & Leadership Development
eTools & Multimedia Team


 

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>>Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:28 PM
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>>Subject: [Flashnewbie] Scrolling dynamic text window
with vars
>>
>>Hi all. After reading Jason's posts, I'm wondering
if I (a 
>>fairly new AS
>>coder) could build an on-screen window that would
hold about 
>>a dozen variables both within Flash and the
published SWF. 
>>What I'd like to do is populate that window with the

>>variables I need to track and have them update as
necessary. 
>>Before delivery I'd delete the window obviously so
it would 
>>just be a development tool. 
>>
>>Assuming it's not too difficult, what's a good way
to do this?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>___________________________________
>>David Vaughn
>>Northrop Grumman Information Technology
>>269.961.7158
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